The art of crafting and playing Kamantcheh/Kamancha (‘little bow’), a bowed string instrument, has existed for over 1,000 years. In the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan, it is a major element ...

Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K 356, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Despite having an impossibly hard to pronounce name, this enchanting Welsh instrument possesses far more wonder than weirdness.

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

In ancient times, silk was used for the strings of bowed or plucked instruments such as the guqin, erhu, sanxian and pipa. The Sounds of China: A beginner’s guide to Chinese musical instruments ...

In “Bowed, Plucked and Strummed Stories: The Instruments of American Roots Music,” we will learn these stories, examining the fascinating processes through which musical instruments have traveled ...

The guqin is a Chinese zither, a plucked instrument 120cm-130cm (47 inch-51 inch) long with seven strings. It is one of the oldest instruments in China, dating back 3,000 years.

Pulse-width modulation allows this to be controlled, often by an LFO, resulting in a shifting timbral quality with a phasing-like effect, reminiscent of bowed string instruments. Other oscillator ...

Inspired by Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Fran Scott and Greg Foot set about finding out all about string instruments and how they work and make such different sounds. They look inside a piano and see ...

“We buy them, we sell them, we make them, we repair them, we do everything that has to do with bowed string instruments. The shop opened in 1971, and has produced hundreds of thousands of ...

Sinsabaugh, Katherine 2005. Violin and Viola Shifting: A Technical Means to a Musical End. American String Teacher, Vol. 55, Issue. 1, p. 44. Maezawa, Akira Itoyama, Katsutoshi Takahashi, Toru Ogata, ...

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A harmonica is a great instrument to blow and fits in your pocket. Bowed string instruments like the violin and cello need a little more concentration and physical organisation. If you begin on an ...